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7 Tips for Decorating Your Childs Room
If you\'re not sure where to start or how best to tackle updatingyour child\'s bedroom, you\'re not alone. In a lot of families, thebaby nursery takes a lot of planning and decorating time butthere\'s often less thought and energy put into decorating thesame child\'s room as they grow older.
It\'s common for baby toys and furniture like diaper disposals,pull toys and cribs to get removed, but other things oftenstay around for quite a bit longer than the growing child might wish.
For instance a wall paper border with prints moresuitable for your baby or young child\'s room, may not be asenjoyed by your now older child (or teen?!).
Here are a few tips to help you get started with decoratingyour child\'s room. The best part about this is that your childcan help you do it this time around. So this can be a fun project you can do together!
1. Select a new color to paint the walls, a color that your child likes. If you have a strong objection to it, though, negotiate with perhaps a lighter version of that color, or limiting their color choice to only one wall. (Or, encourage them to put up some nice posters to lessen the wall color\'s impact!)
2. Mood lighting! Kids of all ages enjoy mood lighting of one sort or another. Together, select either a night light, a small novelty lamp with a low-wattage bulb, or an interesting colored or black light bulb lamp. Other lighting effects kids enjoy include disco lights, dog statues, flowers with light effects, and glow in the dark items.
3. Bedspreads. Get rid of baby blankets and exchange forfavorite cartoon throws or bed covers. When they\'re teenagers,they might enjoy sports, frilly, or even more adult taste bedcoverings.
4. Personalize something for their bureaus or their walls, with their names and/or photographs. Photos can be made into a collage. Exchange those baby and stork photo frames with an upgrade to novelty photo frames. Try one with hearts, a sports theme or a safari look, for instance. Engraved stones with your child\'s name or an inspirational thought and personalized acrostic poem name prints are fun and unique decor ideas that kids enjoy. Engraved name stones become long-lasting gifts and keepsakes. Acrostic name prints use the letters of your child\'s name to start off self-esteem enhancing phrases that can inspire your child and highlight their special talents and interests.
5. Create a comfort zone area in the room, for cuddling up cozy and reading. You can use big pillows, plush or inflatable chairs, anything your child might enjoy to sit on and relaxing in. You\'ll also want to conveniently have some books placed within their arm\'s reach. You can also place some music equipment by that area for them to enjoy. And if there\'s room, add an additional seating space for you. Then together you can enjoy reading, listening to music, or simply chatting with each other. If you have a teenager, they\'ll likely want to have another seating space for you or their friends to use.
6. Together with your child, agree upon a wall paper border thatyou can use to decorate their room with. This idea can be in addition to or used instead of painting their room. Adding or changing a wall paper border can be a very simple and quick way to change the look and feel of your child\'s room.
7. And... here\'s an interesting idea my daughter suggested when Iasked her for suggestions about decorating a child\'s room ...(I simply had to share this intriguing idea with you!) She said, \"tell them to get an extra thick room door so you don\'t hear your kids fighting!\"
Can you tell that she shares her room with her sister and something about the noise level in their room at times?
Hmmm... she might have a good idea there after all!
Liz Hekimian-Williams is founder of Giftsprings.com, a home decor and gift shop that features unique personalized gifts including engraved stones and personalized acrostic name prints, as well as novelty decor photo frames and accent lamps. To delight your child with his or her name etched in stone, you are invited to explore the personalized engraved stones available at http://www.giftsprings.com/category/estones
2004 by Liz Hekimian-Williams, Giftsprings.com
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